sizes and pics

[Maki]

Heres some pics of my ball pythons the lighter coloured one is male about 18 months and 3 feet long 782 grams the female is 6 years old about 4.5 feet long and 2210 grams,proven breeder last time she gave 10 eggs, will it be OK to breed them next season I am worried by the size difference.

[stangs13]

Yes they can breed!! There of perfect size and age. Just make sure you have everything ready and all set up.

[Emilio]

I don't see why not as long as he's ready which he very well should be. There are some that breed their male's at 500g.

[Shaun J]

Personally, I would wait until the male is 1000 grams. I don't know why, but it's just personal preferance.

But, 700 grams should be ok.

[Maki]

Thanks I was just checking to see if he might be a bit intimidated by her larger size, as the last time she was breed in 2004 with a male that weighed 1200 and they produced 10 normals eggs. She has since been put in with a small pied and a small spider but they didn't breed to her the last owner said it was because she was to big for them.

[JLC]

Well, Adam has posted some pictures of some massive females that dwarf their male counterparts....but the boys are gettin it done anyhow. BP's are created with that size difference, so I can't imagine the male being "intimidated" by a female's size to be the most likely reason for a refusal to mate.